Budde, Paul

Paul Budde

Music and Stage and Screen Arts
Office: B46 Kleinpell Fine Arts
Phone: 715-425-4079

Email: paul.budde@uwrf.edu

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Music Education, Technology for the Musician, Elementary Methods - Classroom Music, Secondary Methods - Music Performance, Secondary Methods - General Music, Contemporary Topics in Music Education, Lab Ensemble, Popular Music, Applied Tuba/Euphonium, and Student Teacher Supervision

 

 

 

 

Dr. Paul J. Budde is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he serves as both the Music Education Coordinator and the Department Chair for Music and Stage and Screen Arts (MUSASA). His teaching responsibilities have included Introduction to Music Education, Technology for the Musician, Elementary Methods - Classroom Music, Secondary Methods - Music Performance, Secondary Methods - General Music, Contemporary Topics in Music Education, Lab Ensemble, Popular Music, and Applied Tuba/Euphonium. In addition, he supervises music students during Student Teaching. He currently serves as Immediate Past President for the Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA).

Previously, Budde served as an adjunct Professor of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College, Inver Hills Community College, Mankato State University, St. Cloud State University, and the University of St. Thomas. In addition, he taught middle and high school music in the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota for eight years. As an instructor, Budde is passionate about finding ways to blend the best of traditional music education with forward-looking ideas that align with the ever-changing needs of students in the 21^st century. 

Dr. Budde is an active performer (tuba) and clinician. In addition to his experiences as a tuba soloist, he is a member of the Stone Arch Brass, an ensemble that represented the United States during performances at the 2014 Harbin Summer Music Festival in China. He has also performed in numerous Twin Cities ensembles, including the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Lutheran Chorale, Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, Lake Wobegon Brass Band, and VocalEssence. Budde’s collegiate tuba quartet, The Pistons, was the first-place winner of the first-ever International Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition in 1992. His primary tuba instructors have been Jerry Young and Ross Tolbert, but he has also studied with Arnold Jacobs, Sam Pilafian, and Patrick Sheridan. Budde was the creator and chairperson of Tubonium, a two-day tuba-euphonium workshop that brought low-brass enthusiasts and world-renowned guest artists to this Minnesota event. He also released an album titled Practice Room Grooves, which is made up of accompaniment tracks that serve as a means to improve fundamentals during independent practice. 

Dr. Budde, who currently lives in Lakeville, MN with his wife Kimberly and their four boys, earned a Bachelor of Music Education in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1993), a Master of Music in Tuba Performance from the University of Minnesota (2004), and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Minnesota (2011).